Ambulance staff draw lots over heart patients

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Ambulance personnel in Malmö have been instructed to play a game of chance when deciding which treatment to apply to heart attack patients.

The swipe of a card will decide how ambulance staff should proceed when treating cardiac arrest patient. Medical personnel will be presented with one of two options: the first will advise them to apply a traditional heart massage treatment; the second will instead recommend the use of a heart massage machine.